For most of my life, I thought travel was something that only happened somewhere else. It happened in countries with teetering temples older than Canada. It happened in cities that had survived wars, empires, and centuries of reinvention. It happened in places whose names sounded exciting enough that people saved […]
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A couple weeks ago, I found myself standing in the cold, in the dark, and on a sheet of ice. I was surrounded by smoke, chanting, fireworks, and a frankly alarming amount of fire. This isn’t a typical travel experience for me. And yet, there I was, watching the Dōsojin […]
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Until recently, Montenegro was a blank spot on the map for me. The name itself sounded like it belonged to a fairytale, but I couldn’t have told you where it was. That changed one late night after watching a Yes Theory video and realizing I hadn’t said yes to something […]
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I had only just arrived in Dubrovnik the night before, but jet lag had me out of bed before sunrise. By ten in the morning, I had already walked the city walls, photographed the glimmering limestone streets of the Old Town, and drained the adrenaline of arrival into a kind […]
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In 2014, I made the trip to South America with a group of friends. Part of it took me to Bolivia with Matt, a friend from high school, and Julia, my oldest and closest friend. After winding our way through the country, we found ourselves in Trinidad, a small town […]
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